Wintery Cooler week of Dec. 8, 2008

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Netta

Cathlete
Morning,
Couldn't sleep this morning so got up and watched Merlin that I had recorded. Then started my workout an hour early. I did the Providence kettlebell workout. I was sweating big time. I did enjoy it and the time flew by. Then woke DH up to go to work and found out it was 4:30 and not 5:30. Dufus me.

Kim, LOL about your DD looking at you guys and making a mistake. Bet she was cute though. No, didn't get the tree up. Maybe tonite I will get it in the house.

Hope everyone has a great day.

Jeanette
 
Morning!

Not a great weekend for me, I was on the couch or my bed sleeping. Yes the nasty cold bug finally caught up with me, and I'm guessing that the pain in my neck was part of the cold. :mad:

We are suppose to be getting hit with another snow/sleet/rain combination storm tonight and tomorrow! Sounds like a great time doesn't it! :rolleyes:

Jeanette, You crazy woman you, getting up at that time in the morning to workout! LOL! And your poor DH had to suffer from you insomnia! I would probably have done the same thing, and not felt guilty at all! :D LOL!

Laurie
 
Evening Coolers

No w/o for me yesterday. Couldn't get DS to go down for a nap and just not feeling it after he went to bed. His daycare had a Xmas dinner today along with Santa showing up. He really wants Thomas the Tank from Santa and I had to warn him that Santa wouldn't deliver it tonight. It was cute b/c he looked out the window for the reindeer:):). Got started on my Xmas cards. Now just need to get DH to sign them too so I can get them mailed.

I did High Step training tonight and will do some sort of cardio tomorrow and another full body w/o Wed. Going down to T.O. Thurs. a.m. and not back until Sat. so my w/o week is all screwed up.

Laurie - sorry to hear you were laid up. I guess better to get it all over with b/4 the holidays. Yep, another dumping expected here tonight/tomorrow too! Hope it is done with b/4 I have to drive south.

Jeanette - I can tell you I don't believe I will ever experience that problem of getting up too early. Was DH upset?

Kim - hope you had a good day. How many hours now?
 
Patricia That's so cute! Your ds is going to be so much fun at Christmas this year! What's up in TO this weekend?

Laurie Sorry, about the cold! Are you starting to feel better yet? Be careful with the driving!

Jeanette Goodness, what are you doing up so early!

22 hours and counting till we leave. I'm on the computer just wanting to do seat selection which you can do 24 hrs ahead of time to see if we can get seats together. Then off to my last day of work, hope to watch TBL tonight while finishing up the packing. Going to try and get everyone to bed early tonight as the taxi comes at 4:15 am tomorrow morning.
Kim
 
Morning,
Today was Christi Taylor's Fit To Dance Cardio Workout. This one had me sweating up a storm. I did 45 minutes of it. It uses 5# weights but think I will have to bring out the 3#ers for some of it. Tonite I need to get the tree in the house. For real.

Kim, I hope you have a fabulous time on your vacation!!! We'll miss you on here. I always get up at 4 every morning. Lots of the time when not getting ready for work or working out is veg/computer time.

Patricia, so cute about your DS looking out the window. DH didn't seem to mind getting up earlier. Gave him a chance to watch the news instead of me using the TV to workout.

Laurie, we hate these colds, don't we? When my sister gets a cold, she seems to get a pain in the neck too. I'm feeling better but still a lot of mucous. How can a body produce that much junk?

Must run,
 
Morning!

Got to work this morning very slowly, and it will probably be the same thing on the way home. :(

Yesterdays workout was KenpoX, and I'm hoping to get to the gym tonight to do a total body workout. Don't know if I want to drive if it is to nasty out. Otherwise it will be a workout at home.

Patricia, You DS sounds so cute. I remember when my girls where that way too. Hope you are not getting to much snow. We didn't get a lot of snow, but the temps are suppose to drop and that means ice! :(

Kim, Only 22 hourse to go! WOW! Have a great time. Yep I am feeling pretty good, only have a stuffy nose. I'm guessing it helped that I didn't get out of bed all weekend. Usually I'm one of those that has to go go go, but this cold was not going to let me do that.

Jeanette, You are having a Christi Taylor marthon. :) LOL! I know about the body producing all the junk! LOL! How in the world do sinuses hold that much! :eek:

Laurie
 
Gee whiz I've spent the whole night over on the VF forum and forgot to come over here.

anyhow, Kim - hope you have a FANTASTIC HOLIDAY (happy belated if you don't get this b/4 you leave)

No w/o for me as I have a sore throat so thought I would take it easy.

Off to bed (along with a tbspn of honey..)
 
Morning,
Today was Supersets. Really like this one. Tonite is Garage Boys spin session.

Patricia, hope the honey helped and the sore throat is gone.

Kim, hope you have a wonderful trip!

Laurie, I sure want to tell my body to STOP producing all that mucous! Yuck! Hope your drive to work isn't too slippery. Our Jeep is in the shop right now. Hope he gets it done before our snow hits. My little Honda doesn't have snow tires on it.
 
Morning!

Wow, need my sun glasses this morning to drive to work! What is that bright thing in the sky! The only nice thing about a snow storm is what happens after it is over. It may be cold out, but that sun is sure nice to see. :D

Got to the gym and did my workout on equipment that was hardly being used. Guess everyone decided the weather was much to bad, and I was one of the few. :D I enjoyed a circuit style for three sets. Lot's of fun! Today will be StretchX, because oldest DD's tutor will be stopping by tonight.

OK, so I can't talk to Kim for at least 10 days. :( But I'm sure they will have a great time.

Patricia, What!!!!! you are spending all your time over at VF! :eek: :D Is there any good information over there? What new trend are they all on now? :) I should go over there and check it out one of these days. Hope the honey works for your throat.

Jeanette, I need to get new tires on my mini van too. I'm overly cautious while driving, because I know that they are not that great. I think I have been staying 6 car lengths behind cars. :D LOL! The only problem with doing something like that is everyone darts in front of you. :mad:

Laurie
 
Evening Coolers

Lets see, did the Timesaver from Muscle Max tonight. That will be my last w/o until probably Sun. Driving down to T.O. tomorrow and not coming back until sometime on Sat. so I will be MIA as I'll have very limited access to the internet

Laurie - I got winter tires for the 1st time ever and boy do I see the difference. There was an Anna Benson thread that ended up being over 25 pages - took me over 1hr to read. I missed the whole controversy when it started up as I'm not into the Firm so skipped over the thread but when you see how many views it got its hard to resist. Got a bit nasty like some over here.

Jeannette - Would you just have all-season's on your car. You wouldn't ever get enough snow would you for snow tires? You know I don't think I've ever done Supersets yet? Must get that one out over the holidays.

Allright, good night and I'll be back when I can.
 
Morning!

Todays workout will be the total body weight workout I did on Tuesday, and a 25 min interval run on the TM.

Jeanette, Looks like it will be just you and me for a while. :D DD's tutor came to our house last night, and I think she will be good for our DD. She is having her set goals for each week, and they are all doable. They all relate to her organizing herself. That really is the girls problem, she just gets overwhelmed with school and starts to shut down. It does surprise me though that we had to hire an old teacher of hers, to do something that her current resourse teacher is suppose to do. :( We have checked into changing her current resource teacher to the one she had last year, and we can't. :( Almost feel like she is being penalized for having a bad teacher. :mad:

Sorry for the rant!

Laurie
 
Hi Coolers,
No workout for me this morning as I got up a little too late, didn't allow enough for coffee and veg time. I decided to take a rest and do a walk on my break, which I did. I also had a good spin session last night at the Garage Boys. Tomorrow may be a kettlebell workout as I got my new 10#er, or is it a 9#er?

Laurie, glad you've got a tutor lined out for your DD. Bet it helps. Our temps will be going down, down this weekend, with maybe some snow on the way. Guess I'll have to pick up those whiffle balls in the front yard before they get buried.

Patricia, have a great time in T.O. I don't think I even want to use the Honda for winter as it's so low slung to the ground. I have a 4WD Jeep Cherokee that does pretty well so will use that instead.

I actually decorated the tree tonite. Martha Stewart I'm not. It is a nice looking tree though.
 
Morning,
Today was The Kettlebell Way - Empire State. Enjoyed it. I used my 9#er for the snatches to get used to them. My left arm is WAY weaker than my right so the 9#er works well. Tonite will be decorating the house or at least vacuuming and dusting before I set stuff up.

BBL,
 
Good Friday Morning Coolers

I had a fabulous time last night. Got down to T.O. yesterday afternoon, 1/2hr late for my meeting though, oh well, everyone was flexible. They were just worried that I had an accident.

Went on a cruise of T.O. Harbour and say the city lights which were beautiful. Dinner was great and I even learned how to play Craps and Roulette. They don't have a gambling license so they give you $500 in chips though to play with and I was only down $50 after several hours of play so not bad! Always fun to play when you're not gambling with real $$.

In at my companies main office here for another mtg, then out for lunch with a friend and probably will do some shopping and then go stay the night at a GF's house and head home Sat.

Jeanette - WTG on the decorating the Xmas tree! Even though I decorated mine a few weeks ago I still have not got my angel out and put it up. Don't anyone has noticed though:D:D DH got my Honda stuck on our driveway the other night. I got over the heap of snow the plow leaves at the foot of the driveway so I guess he figured if I got in he could get out. NOT! So 9pm Wed. night we're trying to dig it out then he finally hooked it up to our SUV and pulled it out. I think he should leave the driving to me. Nascar circuit here I come!

Laurie - I really believe teachers really make or break the experience in school. It's been nice to visit T.O. for a while as I can actually walk around in shoes and not my winter boots. I'm doubting there will be a white Xmas here.

Okay, got to do a little bit of work b/4 my mtg.

Take care,

Patricia
 
Morning!

Today I did Kimberly Spreens Cardio Camp, because I have lots to do tonight.

Patricia, So you are in TO safe, and they don't have snow! WOW! I thought they would. I love craps, but I have never used my own money either. I have played it at a friends house, and did really well. I had to LOL at you DH's experience with the car. I couldn't get up our driveway the other day, so I backed up to our neighbors driveway, and gunned it. LOL! I made it into the garage though! :eek: I will join you on the circuit too!

Jeanette, I sometimes give myself to much veg time in the mornings. It is so quiet in the morning, and I like to read. Usually I relax after I take Cami for her walk. Oh and speaking of her, she just got a Spa treatment at the doggie daycare. They used this thing called the Furminator on her, and apparently there was hair everywhere! Well she is a geman shepherd after all, they have two coat of hair on them. :eek: LOL!

Laurie
 
Good Sunday Morning Coolers

Home safe and sound yesterday. Had a good time visiting with my GF. It had been 1yr since I'd seen her last. Got a bit more Xmas shopping done plus some personal shopping. I stopped at a thrift store and scored Cathe's Imax in VHS for $0.99!:D I wasn't going to buy it in DVD as I was worried about the intensity and high impact factor but this I couldn't resist. A bit of a snow storm to drive thru on my way home but nothing really too bad except that as soon as I got home and had to go back out and "rescue" DH & DS. The truck broke down about 1/2hr south of here. They had managed to get off the highway into a truckstop and were waiting for both a tow truck and me to get the message to come and p/u. My cell phone batter had died so I had no idea + I drove right by them on my way home:( Oh well, it was an adventure for DS as he saw a tow truck take away our truck. He is really into the whole towing thing and just loves Mater in Cars.

I'm having a hard time trying to figure out what kind of rotation I should do for the rest of the month. I finally got the last VHS tape I needed to complete S&H but I also just bought a new DVD by Cindy Whitmarsh where you're suppose to see results in just 10 w/o's. Might be just enough time to get it in b/4 Xmas. I think I will try the DVD today and if I like it give it a shot.

Did you see the STS news. Shipping between end of the month and 1st week of Jan. I'm hoping to start a rotation maybe Feb. with a brief break for my vacation mid-Feb.

Laurie - When I picked up DH yesterday he insisted on driving home. :(:( What is it about guys who can't let the wife drive her own car! Anyhow, I was just happy they were near to a place that they could wait in comfort and not be sitting in the truck on the side of the highway and risk getting into an accident. I've never tried Kimberly Spreen (well she is on the DVD that came with my slanted risers but have never really done). What is she like? I just tried Results Metabolism Booster by Tracey Staehle and she doesn't really "click" with me.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.
 
Hi Coolers,
We finally have some snow, about an inch is all right now. I'll be driving our little Ranger pickup to work tomorrow morning. Will be looking forward to getting the Jeep out of the shop and getting some new tires for it. I hate slipping and sliding.

Yesterday's workout was Christi Taylor's Fit to Dance Cardio. Love this one! I used 3# weights on it and worked up a good sweat. The abs section at the end was a killer. Today's workout was some step from guess who? Christi Taylor and Amy Bento. About 60 minutes of cardio today. Weather was too cold and breezy for a bike ride, plus I still have this residual mucousy yuck.

Patricia, glad you had a good time with your GF and your T.O. trip. So your DS was pretty excited about the tow truck, huh? Glad all is well now. That Imax tape is a definitely a good score. I did it a while back and it was a good workout. Glad you got it. I forget I have that one. Can't seem to get off the Christi kick. Wish my DH would drive when I'm with him. He prefers me to drive as I'm a notorious back seat driver (used to be a lot worse than now), so to spare him, he just hands me the keys. I'll probably be ready to start STS sometime in Jan or Feb. Are you going to do your 1rm's? I did several, but got stumped on the descriptions. Had no idea what some of them were. Just seems like there are sooooo many.

Laurie, thought of you and Cami today. DH and I went to a dog store and bought $80 worth of dog toys for our girls. Saw the "Furminator" tool. Think DH is going back tomorrow to buy dog food there. We need to start feeding our dogs better stuff. What is Kimberly Spreen's cardio like? I like some complexity over high intensity, obviously.
 
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